Genesis 2:5
Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
BSB
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ASV
And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;
KJV
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְכֹ֣ל׀ | ve.Khol | and any | H3605 → |
| שִׂ֣יחַ | Si.ach | <the> shrub of | H7880 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| טֶ֚רֶם | Te.rem | not yet | H2962 → |
| יִֽהְיֶ֣ה | yih.Yeh | <it> was | H1961 → |
| בָאָ֔רֶץ | va.'A.retz | on the earth | H776 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and any | H3605 → |
| עֵ֥שֶׂב | 'E.sev | <the> vegetation of | H6212 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| טֶ֣רֶם | Te.rem | not yet | H2962 → |
| יִצְמָ֑ח | yitz.Mach | <it> was sprouting | H6779 → |
| כִּי֩ | ki | for | H3588 → |
| לֹ֨א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| הִמְטִ֜יר | him.Tir | he had caused rain | H4305 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהִים֙ | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| וְאָדָ֣ם | ve.'a.Dam | and [was] a human | H120 → |
| אַ֔יִן | 'A.yin | there not | H369 → |
| לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד | la.'a.Vod | to till | H5647 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | Ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
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